Use config when starting development server (#9410)

* Use config when starting development server

* import nconf setup from website

* Add comment explaining choice

* Fix lint issues

webpack/config/index.js

@@ -3,6 +3,14 @@ const path = require('path');
 const staticAssetsDirectory = './website/static/.'; // The folder where static files (not processed) live
 const prodEnv = require('./prod.env');
 const devEnv = require('./dev.env');
+const nconf = require('nconf');
+const setupNconf = require('../../website/server/libs/setupNconf');
+
+let configFile = path.join(path.resolve(__dirname, '../../config.json'));
+
+setupNconf(configFile);
+
+const DEV_BASE_URL = nconf.get('BASE_URL');
 
 module.exports = {
   build: {
@@ -33,25 +41,25 @@ module.exports = {
     assetsPublicPath: '/',
     staticAssetsDirectory,
     proxyTable: {
-      // proxy all requests starting with /api/v3 to localhost:3000
+      // proxy all requests starting with /api/v3 to IP:PORT as specified in the top-level config
       '/api/v3': {
-        target: 'http://localhost:3000',
+        target: DEV_BASE_URL,
         changeOrigin: true,
       },
       '/stripe': {
-        target: 'http://localhost:3000',
+        target: DEV_BASE_URL,
         changeOrigin: true,
       },
       '/amazon': {
-        target: 'http://localhost:3000',
+        target: DEV_BASE_URL,
         changeOrigin: true,
       },
       '/paypal': {
-        target: 'http://localhost:3000',
+        target: DEV_BASE_URL,
         changeOrigin: true,
       },
       '/logout': {
-        target: 'http://localhost:3000',
+        target: DEV_BASE_URL,
         changeOrigin: true,
       },
     },

webpack/config/prod.env.js

@@ -1,17 +1,11 @@
 const nconf = require('nconf');
 const { join, resolve } = require('path');
+const setupNconf = require('../../website/server/libs/setupNconf');
 
 const PATH_TO_CONFIG = join(resolve(__dirname, '../../config.json'));
 let configFile = PATH_TO_CONFIG;
 
-nconf
-  .argv()
-  .env()
-  .file('user', configFile);
-
-nconf.set('IS_PROD', nconf.get('NODE_ENV') === 'production');
-nconf.set('IS_DEV', nconf.get('NODE_ENV') === 'development');
-nconf.set('IS_TEST', nconf.get('NODE_ENV') === 'test');
+setupNconf(configFile);
 
 // @TODO: Check if we can import from client. Items like admin emails can be imported
 // and that should be prefered

website/server/libs/setupNconf.js

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
-import nconf from 'nconf';
-import { join, resolve } from 'path';
+// require allows import from webpack
+const nconf = require('nconf');
+const { join, resolve } = require('path');
 
 const PATH_TO_CONFIG = join(resolve(__dirname, '../../../config.json'));